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instead it's mitt romney's problem. >> reporter: just before romney faced the press to take questions reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i would say regret to your question, i mean your statement not even the tone. >> media watchers including john stossel conversations like that one are note necessarily rare. >> they have a limited time with the president or candidate and they want to get an answer to that question so they do a little coordination. >> reporter: in the end rather than being pressed for details. he elected not to cancel a fund-raiser in las vegas, the president in a sit down interview was given a chance to criticize romney. >> it couldn't play better for the president. he is the president. he is the one whose policies that are under question right now. much of the heat is being taken off of him. >> some of the questions that romney took from reporters were about his statement rather than the events in libya and egypt. after the president gave his statement, he took no questions. >> jon: shannon raises a number of questions about the events of the we
instead it's mitt romney's problem. >> reporter: just before romney faced the press to take questions reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i would say regret to your question, i mean your statement not even the tone. >> media watchers including john stossel conversations like that one are note necessarily rare. >> they have a limited time with the president or candidate and they want to get an answer to that question so they do a little coordination....
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romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what happened at >>> the natural protests that arose because of the outrage over the video were used as an excuse by extremists to see if they can also directly harm u.s. interests. >> they still are blaming the video. and they have a fundamental misunderstanding. they believe it was the video. it is not the video. >> chris: senator john mccain and president obama disagreering sharply over the attack that killed four americans in libya. we are back with the panel. slowly and grudgingly the obama administration finally acknowledged this week that it it was a te
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what...
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. >> is he not romney. is he an actor. >> whether you have this kind of distraction where is he making sex jokes about the president of the united states. there is no nobility there. >> laura: okay. >> tongue in cheek are brilliantly clever satire. it's nothing. just a guy going up vamping. i could go up and vamp for 12 minutes i could be funnier than that what it looked like was an 82-year-old man who lost his way. that's what it looked like. >> laura: i love you, geraldo, you could never have done what clint eastwood did last night neither could i. you could not have done that. >> his gun is bigger. >> laura: he is 82 years old he gave us a life lesson what he said last night. basic common sense. >> new verb. eastwooding now. it's like swift-boating. >> laura: enough said. same people who prop up the left wing hollywood celebrities never criticize everybody on the left is criticizing him. >> i wanted him to sign. >> they all shined. >> everybody was still murmuring about clint eastwood. >> here is a news
. >> is he not romney. is he an actor. >> whether you have this kind of distraction where is he making sex jokes about the president of the united states. there is no nobility there. >> laura: okay. >> tongue in cheek are brilliantly clever satire. it's nothing. just a guy going up vamping. i could go up and vamp for 12 minutes i could be funnier than that what it looked like was an 82-year-old man who lost his way. that's what it looked like. >> laura: i love you,...
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the question is what is most important to romney? kale bacscale back in the 20% r the wealthy or scale back and say we have to raise taxes for the middle class? the question is what is most important to him in the tax reform plan? >> keeping tax rates down by lowering tax rates people keep more of the next dollar that they earn. that matters. sin cent ives and progrowth policy and creates 7 million jobs. >> chris: that is more important. >> more important than anything. and it is not what deductions are in the tax code but who gets them and don't forget that the higher income people have a disproportionate amount of the loopholes that they use. when you close a tax write-off or tax shelter for a higher income person more of their income is subject to taxation so you can lower tax rates. where we go is by denying the deductions and loopholes to higher income people which allows us is to lower tax rates for everybody across-the-board and still provide important tax cuts for taxpayers. >> chris: he said 47% of the country actually 46% d
the question is what is most important to romney? kale bacscale back in the 20% r the wealthy or scale back and say we have to raise taxes for the middle class? the question is what is most important to him in the tax reform plan? >> keeping tax rates down by lowering tax rates people keep more of the next dollar that they earn. that matters. sin cent ives and progrowth policy and creates 7 million jobs. >> chris: that is more important. >> more important than anything. and it...
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mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. >> time now for hits and misses. week. >> this is a miss for the michigan supreme court, this week over the okays of governor rick snyder, put a union-promoted initiative on the november ballot that ostensibly enshrines the right to collective bargaining in the constitution. the problem with in is it's a broad and restricts the state to do anything any reform to rein in public sector costs and this is the la
mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and...
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mitt romney's big night. the g.o.p.'s nominee makes his case to the american people and gives us a glimpse of the campaign to come. plus, from paul ryan to marco rubio, to condoleezza rice, the other big moments from the rnc. and as president obama gets set to make his case for four more years, our panel previews next week's democratic convention in charlotte. ♪ president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family. (cheer (cheers) >> welcome to the journal editorial report. i'm paul gigot. republican presidential nominee mitt romney bringing down the house with that line in tampa thursday night. there's no question it was the most important speech of his career, how did he do and what did it tell about the campaign to come. let's welcome the wall street journal columnist, dan henninger, dorothy rabinowitz, kim strassel. dan one of the main goals of the convention to improve the image of mitt romney with independent voters, undecided voters.
mitt romney's big night. the g.o.p.'s nominee makes his case to the american people and gives us a glimpse of the campaign to come. plus, from paul ryan to marco rubio, to condoleezza rice, the other big moments from the rnc. and as president obama gets set to make his case for four more years, our panel previews next week's democratic convention in charlotte. ♪ president obama promised to begin to slow the rise of the oceans. and to heal the planet. my promise is to help you and your family....
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mitt romney did that yesterday. and tuesday in virginia and all leading to charlotte when the president will arrive to the democratic national convention. >> big week ahead for the president. thank you, ed, so much. and the latest reports on the damage from hurricane isaac has the death tollstappeding at six. they are standing by live in new orleans. a city where memories was katrina remain fresh, johnathon. >> that's right, uma. they learned a lot of lessons from katrina . army corp of engineers shoring up the levees that held up well in the city of new orleans in the storm. you can see the sun is out now and that is causing problems for people without electricity. power remains a big concern. it is getting hot and muggy with all of the moisture that hurricane isaac left in its wake . some residents tell us that they are sleeping in the cars so they can run a air conditioning system overnight. and outside of the federal levees of new orleans. some parishes have suffered flooding where storm waters have overstopped
mitt romney did that yesterday. and tuesday in virginia and all leading to charlotte when the president will arrive to the democratic national convention. >> big week ahead for the president. thank you, ed, so much. and the latest reports on the damage from hurricane isaac has the death tollstappeding at six. they are standing by live in new orleans. a city where memories was katrina remain fresh, johnathon. >> that's right, uma. they learned a lot of lessons from katrina . army...
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governor romney has neither. if we reinacted the romney plan it would ratchet down the recovery in the short term and balloon our deficits in the long-term. the brookings institute would raise the tax burden on the middle class by 2,000 dollars. this is not a prescription for building a stronger economy. >>> david i want to focus if we can on the president's plan the chief economist at moodies would create 1.9 million jobs. 24 economists by bloomberg. an 8th of that, that is about 100,000 jobs a month or less which is nowhere near keeping up with the population growth. the point is this doesn't really solve the unemployment problem at all. you would be hard pressed to find anybody increasing taxes for the wealthy isn't going to jump start the economy. >> that is 100 thousand on top of the growth we already have. we are already creating on the average 300 thousand jobs. most of those folks all of the analysts suggest something we need short term plan but also a long-term plan. the president has a plan that would r
governor romney has neither. if we reinacted the romney plan it would ratchet down the recovery in the short term and balloon our deficits in the long-term. the brookings institute would raise the tax burden on the middle class by 2,000 dollars. this is not a prescription for building a stronger economy. >>> david i want to focus if we can on the president's plan the chief economist at moodies would create 1.9 million jobs. 24 economists by bloomberg. an 8th of that, that is about...
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the fact of the matter is mitt romney's where? mitt romney's in ohio. mitt romney's in the michigan. why? because he knows he needs to win those states. if he were far ahead or was tied, i don't think he'd be spending as much time -- megyn: but barack obama's in ohio too. we were just talking to ed henry, he follows the president because he's our chief white house correspondent. he was saying barack obama's been with working like he's a challenger, not like the incumbent, and focused like a laser on ohio. both men are. they're not stupid, they realize ohio is really probably the linchpin to this election. >> absolutely correct. but look at mitt romney today. he's finally upped the ante. he's finally trying to take it to barack obama. you know, since the beginning of the campaign mitt romney has been reaching out to independents and reaching out only to them, hasn't been reaching out to his party. and today he began the process of reaching out to his party. but it does not help his base, the republican party, when they see him in new york, you know, reac
the fact of the matter is mitt romney's where? mitt romney's in ohio. mitt romney's in the michigan. why? because he knows he needs to win those states. if he were far ahead or was tied, i don't think he'd be spending as much time -- megyn: but barack obama's in ohio too. we were just talking to ed henry, he follows the president because he's our chief white house correspondent. he was saying barack obama's been with working like he's a challenger, not like the incumbent, and focused like a...
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romney's plan. he says he wants to cut $500 billion from the deficit by 2016 and balance the budget by 2020 but offer foss details and this fact he would actually increase defense spending by as much as $2 trillion over the ten years. and he would rescind the $716 billion in medicare cuts that the president gets in obama care. the question, mr. hubbard and this is also true about not detailing what tax deductions, what loopholes you are going to close. why not level with voters and say how you are going to achieve these very admirable goals? >> i think duff romney has a two part budget plan that levels with voters far more so than any candidate in my lifetime. the first is to bring government spending down to 20% of gdp. >> chris: but he doesn't say how he will do it, sir? >> block granting the medicaid row gram which is hardly a nonbold claim. on the tax side, fundamental tax reform and a healthier economy will produce a revenue share of gdp long in the range. longer term it is about entitlements.
romney's plan. he says he wants to cut $500 billion from the deficit by 2016 and balance the budget by 2020 but offer foss details and this fact he would actually increase defense spending by as much as $2 trillion over the ten years. and he would rescind the $716 billion in medicare cuts that the president gets in obama care. the question, mr. hubbard and this is also true about not detailing what tax deductions, what loopholes you are going to close. why not level with voters and say how you...
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megyn: fox news alert, we just learned that we are going to get more of this romney, of these romney remarks in roughly an hour, this tape that was made back in may surreptitiously at a fundraiser that he was having. a liberal magazine is releasing more of these recordings and his conversation with his supporters. now, it's been leaking out over the summer here and there in bits and pieces, and now this mother jones magazine is about to release the whole thing. among the topics that he touched on and the material already released, the conflict between the israelis and pal stints among other things -- palestinians among other things. listen here. megyn: democrats have also criticized governor romney for comments characterizing president obama's supporters as people who are dependent on government and, quote, victims who will never vote for governor romney. so do these videos hurt or possibly help governor romney? julie roginsky is a former political adviser to senator frank lautenberg, and lars larsen is with compass media networks. julie? >> i'm not dependent, i'm happy to say. i'm n
megyn: fox news alert, we just learned that we are going to get more of this romney, of these romney remarks in roughly an hour, this tape that was made back in may surreptitiously at a fundraiser that he was having. a liberal magazine is releasing more of these recordings and his conversation with his supporters. now, it's been leaking out over the summer here and there in bits and pieces, and now this mother jones magazine is about to release the whole thing. among the topics that he touched...
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it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a family with children says a nonpartisan report. you could lose the deduction for your home mortgage, college tuition, health care, how much would you pay? romney just won't say. . >> paul: all right, dan, first of all, let's just say that the use of the wall street journal in that ad was not sanctioned by this newspaper and we don't want to be associated at all with this argument, which i fundamentally think is false. when we get to that. but what about this ad and what it does to the romney campaign? >> well, i think the -- what the obama campaign is doing is just completely s
it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a...
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mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and changed and-- well, sorry, we've got to go. we have to take one more break. when we come back, our hits and misses of the week. the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more
mitt romney is a salesman. mitt, go out and sell your presidency. >> the other good thing coming out of this convention, the democrats obviously don't have any new material on bain. they brought up a few old examples of companies that were basically on their way to failing before bain capital bought them. not any new material here. i think if you think of the american people ready to fire obama, this was not a good week for obama in terms of making romney unacceptable. >> paul: and...
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that might explain why in the middle of 200 news stories, romney is did dead and done for, romney is creeping up in the polls. gallup has hen him high tied. he has been going up for two weeks. it does suggest that dynamic of on 60% of americans don't trust media. the if they are pounding on the romney, romney must be okay. >> they must have decided the redistribution comment wasn't the story. maybe you can say because it happened 14 years ago. >> did it happen 14 years ago? the man has a record we can certainly look at. sorry. >> it got six and a half minutes of coverage over 8 stories on sorted of the big three networks. in the meantime, they devoted 88 minutes of coverage to romney's hidden camera video. >> this is an instance which you have the man who wants to be the president of all of us saying that half of the voters don't count. >> half the voters aren't paying taxes. >> let's go to that point. >> referring to them as those people. >> you said would you like to have this discussion. i think lots of americans when paul ryan was selected you were going to get a larger discussio
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it is mitt romney and ryan that are nonspecific. but romney hasn't said what he would do. moody's said million jobs created over the next four or eight years. romney didn't say how he would create one job. >> that is absolutely not true. in his speech he gave a five-point plan and put a 50 point plan and paul ryan laid out specific ways of getting the economy again . all about unleashing the private sector and doing opposite of what president obama and democrats have done. >> what he want to do go back to what was done with bush as president. that did not create jobs. we are at their job rates. >> you are wrong. allen. please let me finish. we are going back and lowering taxes show it is not a job creator. >> that is just not true. >> we can't pay the bills. >> let me correct something. when president bush signed two waves of tax cuts in 2001 and 3 with bipartisan support in the congress. that led to job creation and economic growth. before that. both republican and democrat presidents who signed major tax relief and cuts starting from jfk to ronald reagan and through geor
it is mitt romney and ryan that are nonspecific. but romney hasn't said what he would do. moody's said million jobs created over the next four or eight years. romney didn't say how he would create one job. >> that is absolutely not true. in his speech he gave a five-point plan and put a 50 point plan and paul ryan laid out specific ways of getting the economy again . all about unleashing the private sector and doing opposite of what president obama and democrats have done. >> what...
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it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a family with children says a nonpartisan report. you could lose the deduction for your home mortgage, college tuition, health care, how much would you pay? romney just won't say. . >> paul: all right, dan, first of all, let's just say that the use of the wall street journal in that ad was not sanctioned by this newspaper and we don't want to be associated at all with this argument, which i fundamentally think is false. when we get to that. but what about this ad and what it does to the romney campaign? >> well, i think the -- what the obama campaign is doing is just completely s
it gave romney a 7 point edge. on tax policy president leads romney 48 to 45. and on that month. 44-40%. so, dan, you mentioned the tax reform debate and the president's attacks on romney's tax plan. we've got to add that the obama campaign is releasing this week, let's look at it. >> and won't reveal what's in his taxes and he won't tell you what he'd do to yours. to pay for huge new tax breaks for millionaires like him, romney would have to raise taxes on the middle class, $2,000 for a...
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romney has to do well, no doubt about it. the debate falls into the media of romney has to perform and if he he doesn't it is an excuse for another round of in my mind disgustingly biased pieces against mitt romney. i believe bill is exactly right when barack obama was challenged in the univision interview and he was challenged very hard. obama looked uncomfortable when he is really confronted with facts and simply worded questions. i think if mitt romney reminds people we have really 11.7% unemployment and not 8.1% that america's best days ca cannot e behind her, they have to be in front of her. i think having a moment of real leadership and maturity and contrasting that with the president who seems more comfort with ellen or the late night hosts than he is talking to the families of these insider attacks. i think romney has to be mature and forceful. yet the idea that it is all in the debate i think that is a little too convenient for the media. >> chris: juan talk about it but also is because we keep forgetting about obama
romney has to do well, no doubt about it. the debate falls into the media of romney has to perform and if he he doesn't it is an excuse for another round of in my mind disgustingly biased pieces against mitt romney. i believe bill is exactly right when barack obama was challenged in the univision interview and he was challenged very hard. obama looked uncomfortable when he is really confronted with facts and simply worded questions. i think if mitt romney reminds people we have really 11.7%...
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romney called the u.s. response to the attacks in middle east disgraceful and say it appeared to sympathize with those weighing the attack. i came in form of an embassy statement which secretary of state hillary clinton rejected and senior officials officials say the white house never approved. despite the distance the administration wants between it and the embassy statement only romney is taking heat for criticizing it. >> the statement looks crass and tone deaf in light of this day. >> they called romney's statement unwise, inaccurate and unpresidential. >> the president policies in the middle east should be the big story now. how are the president's policies affecting what is happening over there. instead it's become mitt romney problem. >> just before romney faced the press to make statement about the tragedy in libya and take question, reporters could be heard conferring with each other. >> i'd say do you regret your statement? then he can go off on -- >> if he does a -- >> media watchers including fo
romney called the u.s. response to the attacks in middle east disgraceful and say it appeared to sympathize with those weighing the attack. i came in form of an embassy statement which secretary of state hillary clinton rejected and senior officials officials say the white house never approved. despite the distance the administration wants between it and the embassy statement only romney is taking heat for criticizing it. >> the statement looks crass and tone deaf in light of this day....
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kentucky went from lean romney to romney. there were 20 states in which there was some kind of movement. 14 of it towards obama. six states towards romney. we would expect that kind of movement in the aftermath of the democratic convention. again, 106 electoral votes up for grabs. president obama up three states. florida 49, 44. virginia 50, 43. if that's true, and that holds, then the governor loses, correct? >> you know,. we have got more polls than you can ever imagine. do you know how many national polls and daily tracking polls have been in the last 80 days? 83. if you imagine the national polls how many state polls we have h we have got to be careful about them. first of all be careful about reading too much into the polls. in mid september of 1980, ronald reagan was trailing jimmy carter 44 to 40 despite double digit inflation, double digit unemployment and double digit interest rates. by mid october reagan had dropped 1 point to 39 and carter had risen three points to 47. yet, as we all know it turned out a big blow o
kentucky went from lean romney to romney. there were 20 states in which there was some kind of movement. 14 of it towards obama. six states towards romney. we would expect that kind of movement in the aftermath of the democratic convention. again, 106 electoral votes up for grabs. president obama up three states. florida 49, 44. virginia 50, 43. if that's true, and that holds, then the governor loses, correct? >> you know,. we have got more polls than you can ever imagine. do you know how...
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romney has had some serious health challenges over the years. mitt romney has stood by her. i think most people have a sense they have a strong marriage. good parents, great family. so while these confirm these are decent human people, i don't know that that's the problem mitt romney has. what they don't prove -- >> arthel: what's his problem, do you think? >> well, i think he's got two problems. the first one is i don't think people are certain that he knows what it's like to wake up in the morning every morning with that knot in your stomach because you made promises to your kids that you just can't keep 'cause you're in financial trouble. in other words, i don't know that he's made the connection with the middle class on economic issues. not as a human beings but on the economy. >> arthel: the economy is important, but people were, some of the governor romney's nay sayers, if you will, they were saying that he can't connect. but it is those personal stories help you realize that he is a human person. doesn't make him have a cold heart. let me play this part. this woman kn
romney has had some serious health challenges over the years. mitt romney has stood by her. i think most people have a sense they have a strong marriage. good parents, great family. so while these confirm these are decent human people, i don't know that that's the problem mitt romney has. what they don't prove -- >> arthel: what's his problem, do you think? >> well, i think he's got two problems. the first one is i don't think people are certain that he knows what it's like to wake...
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that is what romney talks about. when sigh him do that, i feel pretty good about because i think he is on the right path. you may not hear it through the mega phone of national media and he should do it more. >> paul: i paid attention to your race in 2010. you ran against a candidate ted strickland very much like the president is, tried to associate with you wall street and big banks. you beat him. how can mitt romney beat a campaign like that in ohio? >> he's got to be here paul. he was in high hometown not long ago. he had an overflow crowd that was amazing. i've been around a lot of national campaigns. when you are out with him. you see the enthusiasm. look the most important thing for candidate running for president is to get people to understand that he understands their problems or she understands their problems and knows how to fix them. jim roads the fourth term governor of ohio, all that matters in ohio is the size of this wallet. sf it's getting fatter, they will do well. if it is small are, they will not d
that is what romney talks about. when sigh him do that, i feel pretty good about because i think he is on the right path. you may not hear it through the mega phone of national media and he should do it more. >> paul: i paid attention to your race in 2010. you ran against a candidate ted strickland very much like the president is, tried to associate with you wall street and big banks. you beat him. how can mitt romney beat a campaign like that in ohio? >> he's got to be here paul....
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romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what a changing story about what happened at in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that's why at devry university, we're teaming up with companies like cisco to help make sure everyone's ready with the know how we need for a new tomorrow. [ male announcer ] make sure america's ready. make sure you're ready. at devry.edu/knowhow. ♪ >>> the natural prot
romney shouldance that question. if they go back to mindlessly reminding people guess what the economy is not great they will waste the next ten days. >> chris: we have to move on. the president will have the opportunity to explain all that to the ladies of "the view" is. >> exactly right. >> chris: we have to take a break. when we come back, president obama also had his troubles this week with antiamerican violence in the middle east and a changing story about what...
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and paul ryan was essentially trying to set the stage for mitt romney by framing the issues as the romney-ryan ticket sees them, almost five weeks away. >> we can either have a dynamic growing economy that produces opportunity or a stagnant economy that fosssters dependency. we can stick with the failed policies of the last four years, or a brighter future. stagnation versus growth. dependency versus opportunity and upward mobility. that's a classic choice, a clear difference that we're offering. >> romney returns to boston for the weekend and this morning, church and debate prep and tomorrow off to denver getting ready for the face-off on wednesday night, harris. >> harris: it's interesting how they prepare, the practice sessions. do we know how governor romney's practice sessions are going? >> he spent quite a bit of time doing it, a lot of book research, just studying, a great deal with the campaign teamworking ways to phrase questions as suscinctly and the mock debates with rob portman, playing the role of president obama, researched his debate performance against john mccain and some othe
and paul ryan was essentially trying to set the stage for mitt romney by framing the issues as the romney-ryan ticket sees them, almost five weeks away. >> we can either have a dynamic growing economy that produces opportunity or a stagnant economy that fosssters dependency. we can stick with the failed policies of the last four years, or a brighter future. stagnation versus growth. dependency versus opportunity and upward mobility. that's a classic choice, a clear difference that we're...
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and really, how far behind is mitt romney? >> well, i think that all depends on mitt romney. this is tied to the convention, prior to the start of the democratic convention, mitt romney had basically fought president obama to a draw in the polls and now, it looks as though the president has anywhere from a 4 to 6 point lead in national polls and it seems that he did that by, at the conventions, drilling in on the things that voters matter and care about most, the economy, he managed to make the argument that mitt romney should not be trusted with the economy and that -- to reassure votesers that he can, and you see that in the polls in terms of people's views of their ability to handle the economy and this is mitt romney's challenge going forward. can he go out there and make people regain the trust that he can regain the economy. >> paul: the polls show after mitt romney picked ryan, the gap closed from 3, 4, 5, maybe more, right to even after the conventionings, opened right back up to where it was. >> and not just nationally, but in some key state polls, wall street journa
and really, how far behind is mitt romney? >> well, i think that all depends on mitt romney. this is tied to the convention, prior to the start of the democratic convention, mitt romney had basically fought president obama to a draw in the polls and now, it looks as though the president has anywhere from a 4 to 6 point lead in national polls and it seems that he did that by, at the conventions, drilling in on the things that voters matter and care about most, the economy, he managed to...
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it's exactly what romney said. the bottom line is that the obama camp, the campaign and the white house and the media all condemned romney before they condemned the attacks. obama thought it more worthwhile to hit romney for what he was doing than the terrorists for what they d. romney got hit first. >> greta: back here, brit hume joins us. is rush limbaugh correct that the campaign went after governor romney before the terrorists? >> well, i do know this, greta, i think we have yet to hear in a public statement made for the general public, that is to say, the statements that obama has made in the rose garden and then later this evening in las vegas, anything about what happened in cairo. he did tell a telemundo interviewer, it was an open question whether the egyptian government was an ally or enemy of the u.s. he wasn't ready to say it was either and much may depend on their response to this. but that's about it. >> greta: wow. these are live pictures of wais going on in cairo, right now. 4:30 in the morning ther
it's exactly what romney said. the bottom line is that the obama camp, the campaign and the white house and the media all condemned romney before they condemned the attacks. obama thought it more worthwhile to hit romney for what he was doing than the terrorists for what they d. romney got hit first. >> greta: back here, brit hume joins us. is rush limbaugh correct that the campaign went after governor romney before the terrorists? >> well, i do know this, greta, i think we have yet...
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and it's mitt romney -- >> wait a minute. >> it's mitt romney doing class warfare. >> class warfare? >> it is. >> i have a montage i will run the next segment of class warfare from this president. government transfer payments are 100 times larger than they were when john kennedy was elected in 1960. >> and veterans benefits, is he on the dole because he's getting a government handout, according to that stat. >> 49 million americans are on food stamps. 15 million more americans than when barack obama became president, and we have hundreds and thousands of americans, fewer americans working. david limbaugh. >> john and joe, two things. they are trying to change the subject from obama's miserable record. he's had the worst week from hell in foreign policy. his job numbers the week before that were so bad he had to change the subject. so the media, which is in collusion with obama, dropped this bomb, they thought it was a bomb, trying to make romney look like an elitist, and they think this quote plays right in line with their theme and their mean and the truth is it does not. romney was
and it's mitt romney -- >> wait a minute. >> it's mitt romney doing class warfare. >> class warfare? >> it is. >> i have a montage i will run the next segment of class warfare from this president. government transfer payments are 100 times larger than they were when john kennedy was elected in 1960. >> and veterans benefits, is he on the dole because he's getting a government handout, according to that stat. >> 49 million americans are on food stamps....
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more with carl from the romney camp. we know the numbers are crucial for this election, jobs in general. so far what is the romney camp's reaction? >> reporter: it is critical and comes as all things do in the wake of both conventions and they're making the argument that the president last night made promises that today's job numbers simply can't support. mr. romney is enroute to iowa where he has campaign events and back to a rally in nashua on the board of massachusetts. he wrote, quote, if last night was the party, this morning is the hangover. after 43 straight months of unemployment above 8%, mr. romney says, it is clear that president obama just hasn't lived up to his promises and his policies haven't worked. we are not better off than we were four years ago. that obviously a big part of the republican messaging during the republican national convention. timing couldn't be worse for president obama which means is hardly could be better for mitt romney. jenna: romney is out with big ads today. what about this ad buy
more with carl from the romney camp. we know the numbers are crucial for this election, jobs in general. so far what is the romney camp's reaction? >> reporter: it is critical and comes as all things do in the wake of both conventions and they're making the argument that the president last night made promises that today's job numbers simply can't support. mr. romney is enroute to iowa where he has campaign events and back to a rally in nashua on the board of massachusetts. he wrote,...
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romney is not for the middle class. >> mitt romney is the candidate of the one percent. >> barack obama has been the leader of the occupy wall street movement. he's using the very same rhetoric that those fanatics that were protesting in front of wall street were using. it's the top 1 percent verses the 99 percent. if only the one percent didn't have all of the money then all of us would be doing better. >> what would happen to romney. >> the occupy guys have it all wrong. they were in about class warfare and envy and taking from others. the american dream isn't you are entitle to do your neighbor's property the american dream is if you can work hard your children can do even better than you have done. every generation wants that for our children. >> with the days ticking away toward the election the important question is is it working? there is evidence that it is not. the democratic think tank third way polled independent voters in battle ground states and found they don't buy the tax fairness argument. >> they don't see themselves as victims in the system. 60 percent of them say our
romney is not for the middle class. >> mitt romney is the candidate of the one percent. >> barack obama has been the leader of the occupy wall street movement. he's using the very same rhetoric that those fanatics that were protesting in front of wall street were using. it's the top 1 percent verses the 99 percent. if only the one percent didn't have all of the money then all of us would be doing better. >> what would happen to romney. >> the occupy guys have it all...
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sticking there in michigan in particular, romney -- it's romney's birth state, the birth state of the auto industry. and although now the governor is saying that it's essentially what he was calling for, president obama rescued the bailout -- it was his bailout of the auto industry that went over so well there. so how does that fare for the governor? >> well, i think the governor's had trouble answering that criticism that he would have thrown michigan under the bus. he said let the auto industry go bankrupt four years ago in an editorial in "the new york times," and president obama came in with a rescue package, and now the auto industry is up and running. and so the democrats and president obama have been beating romney about the ears with that accusation. but i think romney has a lot of pride in the fact that he was born and brought up in michigan, and he's trying to give president obama the impression that he's going to have to fight to win michigan as john kerry had to fight to win it back in 2004 by only three-and-a-half points. and john kerry was actually campaigning in michiga
sticking there in michigan in particular, romney -- it's romney's birth state, the birth state of the auto industry. and although now the governor is saying that it's essentially what he was calling for, president obama rescued the bailout -- it was his bailout of the auto industry that went over so well there. so how does that fare for the governor? >> well, i think the governor's had trouble answering that criticism that he would have thrown michigan under the bus. he said let the auto...
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there is no belt for romney. we just had the discussion about romney's taxes. >>neil: is that the issue? >>guest: the idea that he is a rich guy and cares about that, he has done a lot to allow that to happen. not answering bain attacks. that image is in place. it is the image he has to counter. that he cares about ordinary people. all of this is being done to distract people from the news about the economy, keeping it off the economy, the democrats and the obama campaign want to keep the initiative. most of all this week, to keep it away from the issue that the mainstream press has decided to join the campaign on in the middle east. we have three campaigns on the field, obama, the romney, and the mainstream media campaign which is designed to promote obama as they are doing with the polls and any poll that shows its hand is trumped and whatever polls don't are not. what is more scary, for the last nine days they have decided to tell the american people who they may vote for and who they may not but to tell the american people what truth they may know and what
there is no belt for romney. we just had the discussion about romney's taxes. >>neil: is that the issue? >>guest: the idea that he is a rich guy and cares about that, he has done a lot to allow that to happen. not answering bain attacks. that image is in place. it is the image he has to counter. that he cares about ordinary people. all of this is being done to distract people from the news about the economy, keeping it off the economy, the democrats and the obama campaign want to...
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and romney used the phrase, you deserve. we want someone who acknowledges it is not about the politicians and it's about us and our job. that's why that clip did so well. >> sean: let's take aulook at saying we celebrate success because this has been a big part of the debate. class warfare, the president attacking mitt romney, bain capital, et cetera. are american success stories. and yet the centerpiece of the president's entire re-election campaign is attack success, is it any wonder that someone who attacks success has led the worst economic recovery since the great depression? in america, we celebrate success. we don't apologize for success. >> sean: 89/56 was the last number i saw there. very strong numbers. interestingly, democrats are giving romney's speech a very positive reaction. >> these are democrats -- make no mistake, there is a 42-43% core obama vote, definitely voting for him. we wanted the people who were undecided. that idea that we don't attack success, wu celebrate it is very powerful among swing voters a
and romney used the phrase, you deserve. we want someone who acknowledges it is not about the politicians and it's about us and our job. that's why that clip did so well. >> sean: let's take aulook at saying we celebrate success because this has been a big part of the debate. class warfare, the president attacking mitt romney, bain capital, et cetera. are american success stories. and yet the centerpiece of the president's entire re-election campaign is attack success, is it any wonder...
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for romney by the way? >> at this point i can't bring myself to ask for four more years of this. >> bill: you are rooting for romney. >> just like i said, i can't stand another four years of this. i will will gamble on a different approach. >> bill: there you go. directly ahead, ben stein says hillary clinton should lose her job as secretary of state over the assassination in libya. and later actor samuel l. jackson ranting on behalf of >> bill: personal story segment tonight, commentator ben stein very angry about the assassination of the american ambassador to libya. earlier this week mr. stein said this about secretary of state hillary clinton. >> she should have resigned over that murder of the ambassador in libya because it was her fault that he didn't have adequate security. >> oh o, you know what? it is a good point. you know, when -- >> -- she is in charge. >> yeah. >> if she screws up, she should resign. >> bill: joining us now from los angeles is ben stein. so, yeah, i mean, you know, in theory, y
for romney by the way? >> at this point i can't bring myself to ask for four more years of this. >> bill: you are rooting for romney. >> just like i said, i can't stand another four years of this. i will will gamble on a different approach. >> bill: there you go. directly ahead, ben stein says hillary clinton should lose her job as secretary of state over the assassination in libya. and later actor samuel l. jackson ranting on behalf of >> bill: personal story...
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official nominee, mitt romney. let's tick a listen at what he had to say this week. >> every american was relieved the day president obama gave the order and seal team 6 took out bin laden. on another front, every american is less secure today because he has failed to slow iran's nuclear threat. >> doctor, he did praise him for taking out bin laden but said that the president has failed when it comes to this particular issue of the nuclear threat. we are also getting news that iran has signed a deal with north korea to share laboratories and technology. how much responsibility does the current administration bear? is it fair to point a finger at them that things have ramped up under their watch in. >> yes and no. this came to light in 2003, when president bush was president. so the program was progressed and got bigger and bigger for five years with him and has continued with obama. you know, i think it's electricity -- legitimate to say, we haven't gotten further. and the president's put together a fairly strong i
official nominee, mitt romney. let's tick a listen at what he had to say this week. >> every american was relieved the day president obama gave the order and seal team 6 took out bin laden. on another front, every american is less secure today because he has failed to slow iran's nuclear threat. >> doctor, he did praise him for taking out bin laden but said that the president has failed when it comes to this particular issue of the nuclear threat. we are also getting news that iran...
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romney got. the bounce today is more afemoral than in the past because of the rapid news cycle. >> bret: some people say romney got his bounce with the paul ryan pick at the beginning, a separated bounce. >> all right. like a triple jump. give you that, but it's gone. they had an opportunity in the last night of the convention that ended up as a strange night. issues going large >>> but there is an empathy gap. they were trying to show it in cam pa. they had wonderful character witnesses who didn't show up in crucial hour. instead it was the clint eastwood show that monopolized the water cooler discussion for three days. topical error and opportunity to miss. this is a dead heat. the bounce will wear off within a few days. now he has three chances to show "a," large idea and that he cares. he is a guy who does. he should be able to show it. >> bret: a new bob woodward book out. we say that every once in a while. not too flattering for president obama. the first quote, "it is a fact that president
romney got. the bounce today is more afemoral than in the past because of the rapid news cycle. >> bret: some people say romney got his bounce with the paul ryan pick at the beginning, a separated bounce. >> all right. like a triple jump. give you that, but it's gone. they had an opportunity in the last night of the convention that ended up as a strange night. issues going large >>> but there is an empathy gap. they were trying to show it in cam pa. they had wonderful...
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blue is romney. pinkish is lean romney. light blue is lean obama. yellow states are tossup states in the margin of error. this all based on polls within the last 30 days. okay, gentlemen. karl, what has changed? >> minor change to barack obama advantage. connecticut with seven electoral vote goesrom lean obama to solid obama but the good news ends there. two states, nevada with six and michigan with 16 shift from lean obama to tossup. we now have nine states with 122 electoral votes now tossup. this is the largest number of tossup states that we have had since we began tracking in april. largest number of electoral college votes as well. >> bret: of the change what is is most important, joe? >> those two mean suddenly there is a lot of different ways for mitt romney to make it. we have been talking for weeks about the 3-2-19 strategy. now you can lose a state like virginia, one of the three, indiana, north carolina and virginia that he has to win or we thought he had to win to have a shot. you can lose one of those states, because now so many states
blue is romney. pinkish is lean romney. light blue is lean obama. yellow states are tossup states in the margin of error. this all based on polls within the last 30 days. okay, gentlemen. karl, what has changed? >> minor change to barack obama advantage. connecticut with seven electoral vote goesrom lean obama to solid obama but the good news ends there. two states, nevada with six and michigan with 16 shift from lean obama to tossup. we now have nine states with 122 electoral votes now...
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look at the plan that romney -- that the ryan-romney plan with the ryan budget. for young people, you know, who i represent, it would make going to college basically unaffordable. romney, when he was in ohio, when asked how outcome people should pay jung people should borrow from their parents. i don't think that's forward looking. >> emily, 8.3% unemployment jobs report coming friday just hours after the president accepts his party's renomination. we have got enim nehemiah mick 1 anemic 1. a 5. you guys are stuck with talking about college loans. that's an important issue but that's not what most americans are talking about. >> sure, no, we absolutely should be talking about the economy. we just had an entire week for romney, ryan to unveil their program. their plan. it is not something that we saw. this week in charlotte we will see concrete plans from president obama talking about how we are going to keep and raise a strong middle class. >> all right. assemblyman, go ahead. >> if we talk about history repeated itself, we heard all of these promises from presid
look at the plan that romney -- that the ryan-romney plan with the ryan budget. for young people, you know, who i represent, it would make going to college basically unaffordable. romney, when he was in ohio, when asked how outcome people should pay jung people should borrow from their parents. i don't think that's forward looking. >> emily, 8.3% unemployment jobs report coming friday just hours after the president accepts his party's renomination. we have got enim nehemiah mick 1 anemic...
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romney reacted to that. the question is whether that was a cleanup effort by the romney campaign to come out and take questions about that, because they felt they needed to get ahead of it. martha: you know that remains to be seen politically i guess what their motivation was in the press conference whether it was to do some control over that issue or whether it was to present what governor romney would have done in a similar situation. that was the last question that was put to him as he was leaving this morning. you know, it's an interesting point and i believe it was raised at the convention and i can't remember whether it was by president obama or perhaps by vice president joe biden, that not one american life was lost in libya in the effort to end the dictatorship of muammar gadhafi, and indeed with the deaths of christopher stevens and shaun smith and two others, hillary clinton says they are still notifying the next of kin in those situations, that number changes a bit. >> it's a dangerous situation o
romney reacted to that. the question is whether that was a cleanup effort by the romney campaign to come out and take questions about that, because they felt they needed to get ahead of it. martha: you know that remains to be seen politically i guess what their motivation was in the press conference whether it was to do some control over that issue or whether it was to present what governor romney would have done in a similar situation. that was the last question that was put to him as he was...
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today a top obama campaign advisor criticized romney over the comments in the leaked video which romney has acknowledged as inelegant. >> chris, i thought the most devastating thing about the video is not just the video itself but the reaction from candidate romney which is to say that he was inelegant in what he said. chris, what is the elegant way of saying that 47% of people in this country are moochers who don't care enough about themselves and their place in life? >> both sides gearing up for the big showdown that begins october 3. the first of the presidential debates. it will be at the university of denver. back to you, doug. >> steve centanni, thank you. >>> republicans hitting president obama's trip to wisconsin saying he has a problem in the state despite recent polls showing him with the lead. the campaign admitd that romney is doing much better in the steat than mccain did four years ago. joining us, the communications director for the obama campaign. good to see you. thanks for joining us. what do you make of that 1234. >> thanks for having me, doug. >> your guy is going to
today a top obama campaign advisor criticized romney over the comments in the leaked video which romney has acknowledged as inelegant. >> chris, i thought the most devastating thing about the video is not just the video itself but the reaction from candidate romney which is to say that he was inelegant in what he said. chris, what is the elegant way of saying that 47% of people in this country are moochers who don't care enough about themselves and their place in life? >> both sides...
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bush came to romney's defense. here was this tweet from donald rumsfeld, the attack on our embassies and diplomates re american weakness, mitt romney is right to point that out. is anyone in the media saying that, monica. >> no, but this is exactly the point, mitt romney is running not just to be president, but to be commander-in-chief, so, he was perfectly within his rights to say what he said, being critical of the president's response, but the bigger point is that we do have a sitting commander-in-chief right now and this is about his policies, that in large part, not wholly, but large part led to this mess and instead, we have a press an elite press corps that's obsessed with two things, one, the horse race, so they always try to squeeze these things into a political narrative a lot of times when it doesn't exist or shouldn't exist, number two, in full protect obama mode and that's what you saw this week, what is going on in the middle east, what's happening in washington right now, under this president? this i
bush came to romney's defense. here was this tweet from donald rumsfeld, the attack on our embassies and diplomates re american weakness, mitt romney is right to point that out. is anyone in the media saying that, monica. >> no, but this is exactly the point, mitt romney is running not just to be president, but to be commander-in-chief, so, he was perfectly within his rights to say what he said, being critical of the president's response, but the bigger point is that we do have a sitting...
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, between the romney and lean romney states. and eight tossup states with 106 electoral college votes. the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention shows 14 state showed movement toward obama. six states showed movement toward romney. but nonetheless, the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention, democrat bounce. we saw it in these polls. >> bret: joe, the significance there? here in iowa, they are spending a lot t oftime, both come pains. joe biden here today, paul ryan here today. iowa is a tossup state. >> iowa is gaining importance, bret. one reason is that the math, the electoral map is starting to shrink. with michigan and pennsylvania, i think sort of both campaigns are pulling out a lot of the tv money to move it to other states. those states moving to obama column. the next state i think that is moving is north carolina. which is starting to lean to romney. even with that bounce that karl talked about. that makes me put that sort of in a lean romney situation. if you have most free states doing that, it
, between the romney and lean romney states. and eight tossup states with 106 electoral college votes. the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention shows 14 state showed movement toward obama. six states showed movement toward romney. but nonetheless, the immediate aftermath of the democratic convention, democrat bounce. we saw it in these polls. >> bret: joe, the significance there? here in iowa, they are spending a lot t oftime, both come pains. joe biden here today, paul ryan...
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rasmussen has governor romney up two. carl cameron begins our coverage tonight. >> reporter: mitt romney for the first time ever opened rundraiser for cameras today. it was in the works for weeks but comes amid new controversy for remarks caught on tape in may at rundraiser. romney spoke with neil neil cavuto. >> this is a message i am carrying day in and day out. this is the decision about the course of america and where we are going to head. we have seen the president's policies play out over the last four years. >> reporter: romney summoned the press for rare evening news conference to explain. >> it's not elegantly stated. i'll put it that way. >> reporter: on the tape from may, he referred to president's support in the polls. democrats say he dissed half the country. >> the 47% with him believe they are victims and believe government has responseability to care for them and believe they are entitled to healthcare, food, housing, you name it. that is entitlement. they will vote for this president no matter what. they
rasmussen has governor romney up two. carl cameron begins our coverage tonight. >> reporter: mitt romney for the first time ever opened rundraiser for cameras today. it was in the works for weeks but comes amid new controversy for remarks caught on tape in may at rundraiser. romney spoke with neil neil cavuto. >> this is a message i am carrying day in and day out. this is the decision about the course of america and where we are going to head. we have seen the president's policies...
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governor romney has neither. moody say if we enacted the romney plan it would actually ratchet down the recovery in the short-term and would balloon our deficits in the long-term and h his plan according to the book brookings institute would actually raise the tax burden on the middle class by $2,000. this is not a prescription for building a stronger economy. >> chris: but david, again, i want to focus if we can on the president's plan. according to mark zandy the chief economist at moody's it would create 1.9 million jobs. according to a survey of of 24 economists by bloomberg it would create a quarter of that, 250,000 jobs, actually an 8th of that. that is about 100,000 jobs a month or less which is no where near even keeping up with the population growth. the point is that they are making is that this doesn't really solve the unemployment problem at all and i think you you would be hard pressed to find anybody that would say increasing taxes on the wealthy, it may be a good answer for the deficit but isn't go
governor romney has neither. moody say if we enacted the romney plan it would actually ratchet down the recovery in the short-term and would balloon our deficits in the long-term and h his plan according to the book brookings institute would actually raise the tax burden on the middle class by $2,000. this is not a prescription for building a stronger economy. >> chris: but david, again, i want to focus if we can on the president's plan. according to mark zandy the chief economist at...
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giving romney the edge. here is obama campaign advisor robert gibbs. >> mitt roysz i think has an advantage because he has been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year. he even bragged he was declared the winner in 16 of those debates. i think in that sense having been through this much more recently than president obama, i think he starts with an advantage. >> reporter: president meanwhile will travel to new york tomorrow to address the united nations general assembly and then he heads to the critical battleground state of ohio. polls show obama leading by a few points in many of the very important swing states. neither supporters nor his opponents are making any predictions at this point. >> we're prepared for a close race. i'm not going to get into the nuances of the polls. some have us much farther ahead but we are prepared for a close race. >> to be honest with you, i think if history holds here, undecided voters break against the incumbent, they generally do. this a very close r
giving romney the edge. here is obama campaign advisor robert gibbs. >> mitt roysz i think has an advantage because he has been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year. he even bragged he was declared the winner in 16 of those debates. i think in that sense having been through this much more recently than president obama, i think he starts with an advantage. >> reporter: president meanwhile will travel to new york tomorrow to address the united nations...
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it is about mitt romney and mitt romney not being truthful what he did or did not participate in. now if it could be proven that he in fact did not participate and did in fact get out in '99 he is okay. wait a second. listen, i listened to the bain infomercial long enough. give me a second. the fact is when martha says it doesn't work, that advertising used against him moved romney not one iota, despite three months of heavy campaigning and so it did have impact on people and showing up in the polls. >> they're polling in a dead-heat bob. it didn't do anything. they overreached. >> that is the point, right. >> the murderer point big-time. >> you could argue about that ad. argue about a lot of ads. both these campaigns have run too negative ads. that is the not point the point it held romney down. there is poll out today, showing 52% of the people don't think obama should be reelected, however nowhere near 50% think that romney should be. and so we're back where we were. we're in a dead-heat race. comes down to three states. >> which isn't good for incumbent president, bonn. shows
it is about mitt romney and mitt romney not being truthful what he did or did not participate in. now if it could be proven that he in fact did not participate and did in fact get out in '99 he is okay. wait a second. listen, i listened to the bain infomercial long enough. give me a second. the fact is when martha says it doesn't work, that advertising used against him moved romney not one iota, despite three months of heavy campaigning and so it did have impact on people and showing up in the...